Cambridge, Mass.
1909.
March 16
(No 7)
somewhat higher or more erect. But I did see &
very many times, jets of water or spray rise into
the air at the rear of drakes which were passing
in line before the females. These were similar in
every respect to those which the Whistler drakes
throw up when "bleating" but the jets produced 
by the Gooseanders rose to the greater height and apparently were somewhat broader, also.
I could see them distinctly, without the aid
of my glass, at a distance of half a mile.That
they are an essential part of the ceremonial of
courtship and that the Gooseanders, like the Whistlers,
throw up with a with a single vigorous kick
of the foot (or feet) I have no doubt although
I obtained no direct evidence bearing on the latter point.
  After watching the Gooseanders about half an hour
Courtship of Gooseanders